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Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen will be asked to take a buyout and retire, a source familiar with the program said tonight.The decision by first-year athletic director Kevin Anderson effectively ends Friedgen's tenure in College Park after 10 seasons at his alma mater and completes one of the program's most tumultuous days.
According to the source, Friedgen was asked to step aside Friday hours after offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting James Franklin accepted the head coaching position at Vanderbilt.
Friedgen, who was named the ACC's coach of the year late last month, led Maryland to an 8-4 season after a 2-10 nosedive in 2009 nearly cost him his job. He is 74-50 in 10 seasons with the Terps, and ranks third in program history in coaching victories behind Curley Byrd (122) and Jerry Claiborne (77).
The Terps will play in their seventh bowl game in the last decade on Dec. 29 when they meet East Carolina (6-6) in the Military Bowl. in Washington, D.C.
It is uncertain who will coach Maryland in that game. The source said Franklin invited defensive coordinator Don Brown, running backs coach John Donovan and wide receivers coach Lee Hull to join him at Vanderbilt.
Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/12/17/maryland-moving-ralph-friedgen-out/
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